Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees say that recent workplace issues, from broken elevators to indoor ...

These latest results are a far cry from a year ago, when Syracuse’s testing in the first half of 2024 recorded a whopping 70 ...

An EPA directive that all drinking water systems in the nation remove their lead pipes may not solve contamination concerns at L.A. public housing complexes. Los Angeles investigating lead-tainted ...

Contractors clean up lead paint at a contaminated building in Providence, Rhode Island. More than 30 million homes built before 1987 are estimated to have lead-based paint, the EPA says.

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations, after decades when they essentially remained the same. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

In a 2020 letter sent to the EPA on behalf of the county, Osman noted the standards the EPA set for safe lead levels in the soil around the Exide plant were based on old U.S. Centers for Disease ...

ENVIRONMENT $3B for EPA's lead pipe replacement program sent to states based on unverified data, watchdog says The allocated $15B is only a fraction of amount needed to replace all the country’s ...

Flint residents still seeking justice after 10 years of water crisis 04:38. The Environmental Protection Agency says lead in the water in Flint, Michigan, is lower than federal safety limits specify.

Poole, who started April 14, and her newly hired team of two other former EPA staffers will begin their work by focusing on lead-based paint hazards as they build out the new program.

There is no safe level of lead, according to the EPA. Lead is a potent neurotoxin that, in children, can harm mental and physical development, slow learning and irreversibly damage the brain.